Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-21
NOT So FAST.
Lamar is Not at all Sure of the PIaec
He Has So Long
Craved.
Liberal Patronage by the New Deer
Keeper of the House to Texas Ap.
plicsnts for Positions.
Outlines OF the Tsr'r BIZ Upon whish Car
hslo 81 the Adminisrrssios rarry
VIII Base Is Lakerp
A LITTLE DOUBTFUL.

LITTLE DOUBTFUL.
Special to tn Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The reports
that the Senate will CONFIRM Secretary
Lamar are premature. The concensxs of
opinion among the leading Republicans Is
that his confirmation IS not at sill certain.
| The laying over OF his nomination until
after the holidays recess is Q significant
| TACT, and Is Intended as q menace TO those
! Republican Senator's who have given it
out that they would vote for him. 4
| leading western Republican Senator, who
stands high IN the party, said to your cor
| respondent to-day that caucus wosld bs
held early in January, and those Republi-
cans who stood on doubtful ground wosld
be whipped into line and compelled to fol-
| low the edict OF the caucus. He further
stated that II sny party capital coxld be
made out of the matter, the Republicans
would certainly avail themselves of ii. Is
| will thss appear thst Mr.. Lamar Is not a.
ail sure Of the place he has 80 long
crayed.
SECURED POSITIONS.
special to the GsAstIs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-Three Texas
men secured positions to-day under the
Doorkeeper of the House Mr. Hurt has
been as liberal as he possibly could be in
! the matter Of patronage for Texas, which
now mas four positions. The New York
delegation, which really elected Hurt,
| only has seven places. The Texas men
| are 81. NJ. marchant, & B. Smith and n.
6. Henderson. The positions vary In
salary from $500 to sl40O
THK TARIFF BILL.
Special to the GGZctte
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 The outlines
OF the tar # bill upon which Carlisle or
the administration party in the House
will base its labors, have become kdown.
Toe bill IS one gradually matured by the
Treasury Department and embracing the
provisions OF the Hewitt customs al
ninistratiVe bill approved by Secretary
Manning and further amended and sup
plemented by Mr.. FAirchild. It also
contains the schedules OF duties on
silks, gloves and embroideries submitted
to Congress by the treasury last yesr to
substitute specific for advalOrem duties.
The bill also revises g dozen of the
tariff schedules in harmony with the
principles advocated by the President
and Secretary Fairchild contemplstes
q reduction Of about S62 coo, Geo
Of revenue on the basis OF last years i'm
portstions, Sl2,e00,000 of this amount
arising from the addition OF wool, lumber,
coal, salt, vegetables, fabrics, etc to the
free list, and $4,000 900 reduction be
provided by the revision of tariff rates.
OF this amount $40 000 0le reduction is
made On manufactures of wool. The
high rates under the schedules of cbemi-
Gals, earthen and glassware, lumber, nsx,
hemp ana iute goods, cotton, etc.,
are oil reduced. Duties on iron
and steel sre reduced. The liquor sched-
ule is unchanged. The reduction is made
with view of reducing the revenue
and avoiding disturbances of trade, and
many of the reductions are made upon
articles not made in this country and ar
ticles the Importation of which would
not be greatly increased by the reduction
Of duty. It is the expectation OF the ad-
ministration and its friends that this out
line will be made the basis of q compro-
mise measure, providing for about $780,
000,0 of tariff OF revenue and s25, $780,
600 internal revenue.
FORT WORTH WILL HAVE LINZ.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-An amend
ment TO the Cullom postal telegraph bill
proposed by Senator George to-day pro-
vides for the construction of telegraph
line from Atlanta, Ga, to FL Paso, Tex,
via Birmingham, Meridian, Te1arksna,
Tex, Vicksburg, Miss, Monroe and
Shreveport, La and Marshall, Dallas
and Fort Worth, Tex.
ALLIrON's UNDERvALUATION BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The bill on
differentiation introduced by Mr.. ALI
son in the Senate to-day is measure of
twenty odd sections, and practically a re-
vision and codifcatioD of the system OF
invoice, entry, sppraisement and assess
ment OF imports. Il Will create q tri-
bunal of nine general appraisers, in dig
nifty and salary equal to nine Circuit
judges Of the United States. Their ap-
pointment is to be by the President and
Confined by the Senate. Ii is provided
that no more than FIVE of the nine mem
bers shall be of the same political party
az one time. Three are to be stationed in
New York, and are to be constantly
In session. The other six will be sta
toned as the Secretary Of the Treasury
may direct. 1t will be their duty to su-
pervise and determine the classification
and rstes Of the customs duty as well as
the sppraisement Of the values. The office
OF merchant appraiser is abolished. II
the local and general appraisers agree
their Judgment is flpel. II they disagree
then the question will be referred to the
New York board or TO the board convened
by order CT the Secretary. This
decision will be Anal. Oaths
and fees are TO be abolished
and q merchants declaration may be
made before q notary public or other
officer designed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. The wsrehousing period is
extended from one to tkree years; the
rate of duty will be uniform for the same
class Of goods to all importers. To secure
absolute uniformity 10 the rating Of goods
publication OF the decisions of the various
local and general appraisers is ordered.
THOFBE- CARLISLE CONTEST.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Tne House
committee on elections was called to-
gether to-day to fix he date for the con-
sideration of the ,Thoebe-C.rlisle con-
tested election case. j. H,)e Sypher
appeared as counsel for the contestant